Collection search - Civil Secretary's records relating to the administration of justice. Quebec, Lower Canada and Canada East [textual record]

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Civil Secretary's records relating to the administration of justice. Quebec, Lower Canada and Canada East [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1762-1867.

Reference:

R14173-0-X-E, RG4-B14, RG4-B16, RG4-B17, RG4-B18, RG4-B19, RG4-B20, RG4-B21, RG4-B23, RG4-B37

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

105264

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Civil Secretary's records relating to the administration of justice. Quebec, Lower Canada and Canada East
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Fonds includes:

9 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

1762-1867.

Place of creation:

Québec (Province)

Extent:

10.66 m of textual records.

Language of material:

English

Scope and content:

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The segregation of certain records relating to the administration of justice from the "S Series" (A 1) and their placement in separate series was not strict or consistent, most notably in series B 18. There are strong links between the applications for clemency is series B 20 and the gaol calendars in series B 21. The distinction between the police records in series B 14, the court records in series B 16, the records of lawsuits in series B 17 and the lists of jurors in series B 19 is rather clearer. Series B 37 includes records both of the Rebellions of 1837-1838 and of the Commissioners investigating claims for Rebellion Losses. Most of the post-1841 records, however, have been reintegrated with the Provincial Secretary's numbered correspondence files (series C 1).

Provenance:

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Quebec, Lower Canada and Canada East. [Civil Secretary]. Administration of justice

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Quebec, Lower Canada and Canada East. [Civil Secretary]. Administration of justice : As a result of their wide-ranging responsibilities, a substantial variety of documents relating to the administration of justice were created or accumulated by the Civil Secretary before 1841 and by the Provincial Secretary after the union. Much general correspondence on the subject remains within the primary series (RG 4 A 1 and RG 4 C 1). The segregation of records of certain type or on certain subjects into series, however, is as much a reflection of subsequent archival practices as of the record-keeping systems maintained by the Secretaries. Some records appear not to have been kept in completely separate series, even though they were generated in relation to another office held by the Civil Secretary and his staff, such as Clerk to the Court of Appeals.

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Textual records (Paper) The shelf lists in the Guide for RG 4 (General Inventory of RG 4) identify the reel numbers for the series which have been microfilmed and provide descriptive detail to the volume level for all the records. As noted in the shelf lists, some volumes include a table of contents or index. A nominal index for series RG 4 B 20 was incorporated into the General Index. (90: Open)

Textual records (Electronic) The finding aid provides an alphabetic listing for series RG 4 B 37 of persons against whom charges were laid and depositions made (volume 1); a list of communities from which addresses or resolutions of loyalty were presented (volumes 2-3) and an alphabetic list of persons making claims for Rebellion Losses (volume 7). MSS0504 (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000001545.pdf

Textual records (Paper) The finding aid provides a listing of the documents in RG 4 B 21, identifying the judicial district and date, type of document and page references. MSS1744 (90: Open)

Textual records (Paper) The finding aid provides a nominal index of plaintiffs and defendants for the lawsuits in RG 4 B 17. MSS1764 (90: Open)

(Electronic) All or some of the documents described have been digitized and are available at the following address: (90: Open)
http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_mikan_105264

Textual records (Paper) This fonds is available in the General Index (or, card cabinets) in the Reference Services room, 2nd floor, 395 Wellington in Ottawa. These cards are arranged alphabetically by collection and include names, places and subjects. The collections are from various time periods between the 1600s and the early 1980s. (90: Open)
http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/genealogy/Pages/general-index.aspx

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General note:

Many series contain supporting documents antedating the office in which they were accumulated and preserved. Some documents of later date have occasionally come to be preserved with these series.

Availability of other formats note:

Series RG 4 B 19 was microfilmed in 1986 and is available on reel H-1758. Volume 1 of series RG 4 B 37 was microfilmed in 1986, with Finding Aid 504, on reel H-1735.

Source:

Private

Former archival reference no.:

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RG4-B14
RG4-B16
RG4-B17
RG4-B18
RG4-B19
RG4-B20
RG4-B21
RG4-B23
RG4-B37
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Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [RG4 B 16] 38

[Consultation 90 Open]

Volume [RG4 B 17] 59

[Consultation 90 Open]

Finding aid box [FA 1744] 133

[Consultation 10 Closed]

Finding aid box [FA 1764] 134

[Consultation 10 Closed]

Finding aid box [FA 504]

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52;

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218;

[Consultation 10 Closed]

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